Millionaires and Santa Fe opened the action in group B of the home runs.
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The controversy that wrapped the classic capital between Santa Fe and Millionaires added a new chapter this Sunday, after the Arbitration Commission of the Colombian Football Federation recognized that the Central Defender Ambassador, Andrés Llinás, should have been expelled in the first minute of play.
Through an official statement and the publication of the VAR audios, it was confirmed that Carlos Ortega, central referee of the meeting, was wrong to show only the yellow card to the ambassador defender, despite the warnings of the video -barge team.
“He deliberately hits his elbow and forearm on the back of the head of his adversary without being disputed by the ball,” is heard in the VAR records.
Although Ortega was called to review the play on the screen for “violent behavior,” he decided to keep the warning and not show the red. “Clearly, it is seen when Llinás comes from behind and puts it clear. Temerary blow with the arm,” he even recognizes the referee himself during the review, although he erroneously concludes: “I go with a direct free kick and yellow card.”
Do not expel Llinás because it was with the forearm, and in the neck, it is the most absurd thing I have heard.
In sports where the objective is to do physical harm to another (boxing, mma, etc.), the blows in that area are prohibited by dangerous.
They calculate … pic.twitter.com/F9NDSXWgKw
— Paolo Arenas (@Paoloeras) June 2, 2025
The audios expose in detail the conversation between VAR and Ortega, and show a discrepancy that ended up marking the development of the party. For the arbitration commission, the decision was incorrect. The VAR argued use of “excessive force and brutality” and reiterated that Llinás “will not dispute the ball”, which clearly configured violent behavior and, therefore, a direct expulsion.
And the rest of the controversies?
The Federation, however, only published the audios of that punctual action. There is not so far records on other controversial plays of the party, such as the expulsion of Danovis Banguero, which several analysts considered exaggerated, or Luis Marimón's hand in the area at the end of the meeting, which Santa Fe requested as a penalty and that was also reviewed by the VAR without the decision being modified.
With this public admission, the arbitration commission recognizes that the classic was conditioned since its start for a bad decision.
The fact feeds the complaints of coach Jorge Bava and the Cardinal surroundings, who finished the game with anger not only because of the result, but for what they consider mistakes that tilted the balance in favor of the blue team. The pressure is now on the Dimayor and the referees, in a home run that began hot and under the magnifying glass.
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